Definitions for tuberoses

tuberoses tube·rose

Spelling: [toob-rohz, tyoob-, too-buh-rohz,
IPA: /ˈtubˌroʊz, ˈtyub-, ˈtu bəˌroʊz, ˈtyu-/

Tuberoses is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 404 anagrams from letters in tuberoses (beeorsstu).

Definitions for tuberoses

noun

  1. a bulbous plant, Polianthes tuberosa, of the agave family, cultivated for its spike of fragrant, creamy-white, lily-like flowers.
  2. a bulbous plant, Polianthes tuberosa, of the agave family, cultivated for its spike of fragrant, creamy-white, lily-like flowers.

adjective

  1. tuberous.
  2. tuberous.

Origin of tuberoses

1655-65; New Latin tuberosa, the specific epithet, feminine of Latin tūberōsus tuberose2

Examples for tuberoses

It is the tuberose of our gardens, but growing with great vigour and luxuriance.

The rattle-snake-herb has a bulbous root, like that of the tuberose, but twice as large.

And though he cannot pronounce ‘tuberose’ aright, at least he can sing of it exquisitely.

No collection of garden flowers is complete without the tuberose.

The tuberose may be used in the garden with the same effect as the Gladiolus.

He gathered the tuberose and took it with him to his chamber.

For reply she led him to the room formerly occupied by her aunt, and showed him the tuberose in a quaint pot.

What flower can be whiter, sweeter, and more lovely than the tuberose?

In her hands she carried the fragments of the pot which had held the tuberose.

The tuberose is planted in rows in a similar way to the jasmin.

The rattle-snake-herb has a bulbous root, like that of the tuberose, but twice as large.

The tuberose is planted in rows in a similar way to the jasmin.

And though he cannot pronounce ‘tuberose’ aright, at least he can sing of it exquisitely.

For reply she led him to the room formerly occupied by her aunt, and showed him the tuberose in a quaint pot.

In her hands she carried the fragments of the pot which had held the tuberose.

He gathered the tuberose and took it with him to his chamber.

No collection of garden flowers is complete without the tuberose.

What flower can be whiter, sweeter, and more lovely than the tuberose?

It is the tuberose of our gardens, but growing with great vigour and luxuriance.

The tuberose may be used in the garden with the same effect as the Gladiolus.

Word Value for tuberoses
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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